Words — 15 found
しんがく
進学
1. advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
しゅっしょしんたい
出処進退
1. staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; moveYojijukugo (four character compound)
出所進退 【しゅっしょしんたい】
なみ
波
1. wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell
2. ups and downsIdiomatic expression
3. (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes
4. tendency; (new) waveArt, aesthetics
浪 【なみ】、濤 【なみ】
たか
立て替え
1. advancing (someone) money; payment on someone's behalf (with the expectation of being reimbursed later)
立替え 【たてかえ】、立替 【たてかえ】
立替: Irregular okurigana usage.
いっしんいったい
一進一退
1. now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turnsYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. advancing part of a salary
ばんしいっしょう
万死一生
1. advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of deathYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. dividing and advancing
すすじごくしりぞじごく
進むも地獄退くも地獄
1. between the devil and the deep blue sea; both advancing and retreating are hell
1. lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore)Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
2. steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching)Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
3. sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enoughOnomatopoeic or mimetic word, often used adverbially as ひたひたに
4. speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothlyOnomatopoeic or mimetic word, Archaic
5. closely; exactlyOnomatopoeic or mimetic word, Archaic
わ
湧き
1. welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
2. appearing (esp. suddenly)
3. frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)
涌き 【わき】